AT a tense courtroom moment during the lawsuit brought by IBP to compel Tyson Foods to go through with a merger, the presiding judge, Leo E. Strine Jr., made a lighthearted comment about a Tyson lawyer's -- and his own -- receding hairline.
Of course, the Facebook post was just a joke -- a lighthearted comment that acknowledges the "angels" walking that famed runway are tall, sexy, and in great shape, whereas many of us at home are eating Chipotle.
You don't have to tell him he has the world's most beautiful eyes or that he's a big hunk, but you can compliment a new shirt the guy is wearing, tell him he did great in yesterday's basketball game, or just make a kind, lighthearted comment that lets the guy know you care.
It was a lighthearted remark," she said.
If the ant starts from the interior of the grid, then it will be deemed to have survived or not before it can ever reach one of the four corner points, which fact prompted a few lighthearted comments of a more philosophical variety as to what would happen to the ant if it were to reach such a point.
But I stick at a different moment — the lighthearted comment he made when, in early August, an admiring veteran presented him with a replica of his Purple Heart and Mr. Trump said, "I always wanted to get the Purple Heart.
At a recent performance, some of the showbiz lines (like Vanda's lighthearted comment to her director, "It's your job to torture actors") did not get the appreciative laughs they did on Broadway, but then in Hartford there were probably fewer mistreated Actors Equity members in the seats.
Andy Murray learned this early when his lighthearted comments about cheering for anyone but England's soccer team (he is a Scot) became heavy-duty bulletin-board material.
Late this morning, during his one public appearance of the day, Mr. Bush had made teasing, lighthearted comments about whether some of the friends destined for senior roles in a Bush administration could pass background checks, and he had signaled progress in filling out a cabinet.
His lighthearted comments come as the Pythons prepare for 10 sold-out nights at London's O2 arena in July, performing a new stage show that Palin promised would be an extravagant affair: "We've got dancers, we've got songs, things that have to take place while we're all off doing our changes," he told Greg James on BBC Radio 1 last week.
(Follow-ups to each: How did you handle that? Did your coworkers know? How were they able to help you through this difficulty? What kind of people do you think are most difficult to work with? What techniques do you use to work with these types? Do you hear sarcasm and cynicism in their comments? Are even their lighthearted comments thinly veiled barbs at someone else's expense?
